41.8500° N, 87.6501° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 10, 1981 · 16:16 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Ohare
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAIA
Aircraft
N751N
Reported as
Boeing 737222
People aboard
62
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Oil pressure dropped below limits, engine shut down. Bad fitting at differential switch.
As the FAA filed it
OIL PRESSURE DROPPED BELOW LIMITS, ENGINE SHUT DOWN. BAD FITTING AT DIFFERENTIAL SWITCH.